joto
Esperanto edit
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “the letter Ι”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
joto (accusative singular joton, plural jotoj, accusative plural jotojn)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, maybe from choto; also proposed from jota, Spanish name of letter j, because of mocking, festive aspect of the joker card figure applied to some gay males. Another version is that gay and queer men were held in the J bay of the Lecumberri prison in Mexico City (J is pronounced "jota" in Spanish).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
joto m (plural jotos)
- (vulgar, derogatory, Mexico, Honduras) gay (male homosexual)
- (card games) joker
- Synonym: comodín
- (card games, by extension) jack
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Carlos Villasana, Angélica Navarrete (2016 January 6) “El palacio negro que inventó a los "jotos"”, in El Universal[1], archived from the original on 2016-06-04: “Cada pasillo se reconocía por una letra: […] “J” de las personas que eran consideradas homosexuales o “jotos”—bautizados así por la letra de su crujía—; […]”
Further reading edit
- “joto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
joto (ma class, no plural)